☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, September 16th, 2024 GM. It is Monday, September 16th, and the second half of September is already upon us. This issue is packed with many goodies, including some brand new releases and other interesting announcements from last week. Enjoy!

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Monday, September 16th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

Norway: Bitcoin Mining Facility Shutdown Leads to 20% Higher Energy Bills for Town Residents Kryptovault's Bitcoin mining facility in Stokmarknes, Norway, recently closed, causing residents to face a 20% rise in electricity bills. The site was shut down because the Hadsel municipality didn't renew its operating permit, following ongoing noise complaints from locals.

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Norway: Bitcoin Mining Facility Shutdown Leads to 20% Higher Energy Bills for Town Residents

Kryptovault's Bitcoin mining facility in Stokmarknes, Norway, recently closed, causing residents to face a 20% rise in electricity bills. The site ...

⌛Block 861441: Important News of the Week

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Block 861441: Important News of the Week

News. Updates. Research. Stats. Everything Important You Need to Know.

Nayuta Wallet Is Shutting Down "I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported us for so long," the CEO said in a blog post.

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Nayuta Wallet Is Shutting Down

Nayuta Co., Ltd., a Japan-based developer of the self-custodial Bitcoin and Lightning wallet Nayuta, has announced that it is closing down.

BlueWallet v7.0.4: Advanced Mode Unleashed BlueWallet v7.0.4 is now available on iOS, Android, and macOS. This release makes advanced mode options available contextually on each screen top right options.

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BlueWallet v7.0.4: Advanced Mode Unleashed

BlueWallet is a Bitcoin and Lightning wallet built with React Native and Electrum.

Bitcoin Optech #320: Mutation Testing for Bitcoin Core This week’s newsletter announces a new testing tool for Bitcoin Core and briefly describes a DLC-based loan contract.

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Bitcoin Optech #320: Mutation Testing for Bitcoin Core

This week’s newsletter announces a new testing tool for Bitcoin Core and briefly describes a DLC-based loan contract.

ARK 21 Shares ETF Diversifies Bitcoin Custodians with Anchorage Digital and BitGo "We consider our custody partners to be crucial to the risk management and operational excellence of our product lineup. Diversifying custodians adds to the safety and security from potential online threats to our offering."

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ARK 21 Shares ETF Diversifies Bitcoin Custodians with Anchorage Digital and BitGo

With this move, the ETF issuer aims to enhance safety and security from online threats, hacking, and cyber-attacks, while increasing diversificatio...

COLDCARD Mk4 v5.4 & Q v1.3: XOR from Seed Vault, Optimizations & More - This release brings the ability to restore geographically distributed SeedXOR without physically bringing the parts together, improved side channel protection, speed improvements, and many bug fixes. - COLDCARD Q now supports importing Seed XOR by scanning SeedQR parts, ability to input backup password via QR scan, and BBQR file sharing of arbitrary files. Create an Airgapped Multisig Wallet now works with BBQRs, in addition to MicroSD cards.

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COLDCARD Mk4 v5.4 & Q v1.3: XOR from Seed Vault, Optimizations & More

COLDCARD Mk4 is an affordable, ultra-secure, and verifiable hardware wallet for Bitcoin. COLDCARD Q is the higher-end COLDCARD that comes with a fu...

OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for WireGuard Creator Jason Donenfeld Jason Donenfeld is the creator of WireGuard, a secure VPN protocol, and primary author of the Linux kernel's RNG. WireGuard secures node and data center communications, while the Linux RNG generates cryptographic keys essential for Bitcoin's security.

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OpenSats Grants Long-Term Support for WireGuard Creator Jason Donenfeld

"OpenSats is proud to provide long-term support for Jason Donenfeld, a pivotal figure in developing essential cryptographic and networking tools,"...

LNbits v0.12.11: Fixes, Refactors, UI Improvements, New Funding Sources "This is a biggie. A bunch of fixes and refactors, more developer tests, dependency updates and some UI improvements, such as the lovely gradient option."

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LNbits v0.12.11: Fixes, Refactors, UI Improvements, New Funding Sources

LNbits is a free and open-source Lightning wallet and accounts system.

Bitkit v1.0.4: Transfer Notifications, RBF by Default & More This update brings notifications on transfer activity, enables RBF and improved CPFP functionality, improves the transfer flow experience, and delivers a variety of bug fixes and improvements.

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Bitkit v1.0.4: Transfer Notifications, RBF by Default & More

Bitkit is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet and Lightning wallet with payable contacts. Available on Android and iOS.

LND v0.18.3-beta: Route Blinding with BOLT11 & Bugfixes This release complements some of the features launched with v0.18.0 and also addresses bugs which were encountered and reported after the launch.

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LND v0.18.3-beta: Route Blinding with BOLT11 & Bugfixes

The Lightning Network Daemon (LND) is a complete implementation of a Lightning Network node developed by Lightning Labs.

OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support for Mike Dilger With the LTS grant, Mike plans to improve support for replying to versions of replaceable events, add NIP-96 file uploads, implement Blossom support, Web of Trust, and search at the relay level, and enhance reporting and labeling (NIP-56/NIP-32).

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OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support for Mike Dilger

"OpenSats is excited to announce long-term support for Mike Dilger, a dedicated contributor in the nostr ecosystem," announced the organization.

☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 GM. It is Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, and here's your daily report on all things you may find relevant today.

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

Good Morning, Bitcoin is your daily news roundup delivering key stories, project updates, new releases, guides, research, and all things related to...

Fed Hits United Texas Bank with Cease-and-Desist Order for Serving 'Virtual Currency Customers' The Fed issued a cease-and-desist order to United Texas Bank last Wednesday for "significant deficiencies" in adhering to anti-money laundering laws, especially in dealings with cryptocurrency customers.

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Fed Hits United Texas Bank with Cease-and-Desist Order for Serving 'Virtual Currency Customers'

The Fed issued a cease-and-desist order to United Texas Bank last Wednesday for "significant deficiencies" in adhering to anti-money laundering law...

Foundation Passport v2.3.2: Ephemeral Seed Support This version of Passport’s firmware brings ephemeral seed support, adds the ability to sign messages via QR code, and introduces a connection flow for Fully Noded.

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Foundation Passport v2.3.2: Ephemeral Seed Support

Passport by Foundation is a secure, open source hardware wallet for Bitcoin that puts extra focus on usability and design.

Tails v6.7: Secure Chat Rooms via OnionShare "Tails 6.7 is out. It includes a major update of OnionShare."

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Tails v6.7: Secure Chat Rooms via OnionShare

Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

☕Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 GM. It is Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, and here's your latest Bitcoin news digest. Enjoy!

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Good Morning, Bitcoin - Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

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Japan's Largest Electricity Provider Explores Bitcoin Mining with Surplus Renewable Energy "What we are doing has few parallels in Japan. Success of our framework would prompt more green energy to be introduced."

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Japan's Largest Electricity Provider Explores Bitcoin Mining with Surplus Renewable Energy

Agile Energy X Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), is exploring bitcoin mining using renewable energy sources.

Live Wallet v0.7.0: Consolidation Mode Live Wallet is a desktop app to help estimate the effect of bitcoin transaction fees on invididual UTXOs and transactions containing multiple UTXOs. Available on MacOS. It allows users to set a hypothetical fee rate to estimate the potential fee burden of using each UTXO. The application highlights what percentage of the UTXO will be consumed by the fee, which at certain fee rates may exceed the UTXO’s total value, rendering it unspendable.

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Live Wallet v0.7.0: Consolidation Mode

Live Wallet is a desktop app to help estimate the effect of bitcoin transaction fees on individual UTXOs and transactions containing multiple UTXOs...